[Received from State Dep't Nov. 24, 1894. B.F.O. 401810.] Pittsburg 25^th Jan'y 1793 Sir I have Received Yours of the 7^th Instant by M^r Fisher who has Delivered Nineteen Horses & a Receipt for one left at Webster Stoney Creek. Cap^tn Prior Receipted to me for twenty four Horses Equipped with Saddles Bridles & Halters the Horses in tolerable good Order & fit for a Longer Journey, M^r Salender a French Gentleman was furnished with Money & Instructions to Pay Travelling Expenses of the Indians & Interpreters &c. I am told the Horses were very much [undecipherable: Neglected] on the way to Philad^a; the Plight they are now in Justifys the Report, Sixteen of the Horses Purchased here are of those Delivered, three very Worthless ones are also Deliv'd that were not Purchased here. Ensign M^c Cleary is not yet arrived nor Doct^r Strong, but are Shortly Expected. I have given M^r Fisher 30 Dollars & Enclosed his Receipt for which You will Please to give me Credit I gave Col^d Nevill a Draft on You for four hundred Dollars to Enable him Purchase some Articles for Family Use I hop it has not been Inconvenient to advance that Sum, with there be a possibility of having those Articles forwarded from your Office.— Cap^t Ebenezer Denny Wishes to Pay to Your Order here for a Quarter cask of Wine sent by you to Col^d Winthrop Sargent — From Sir Your Obedient Humble Servant Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r [signature: Isaac Craig] b'y M^r Stoes Philad^a